Record

Performance TitleLondon Choral Society - The 1977 Festival of Carols
Performance Date10 December 1977
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersOsian Ellis - harp,
Alan Harverson - organ,
Tristan Fry - percussion
Orchestra or BandEnglish Brass Ensemble (Philip Jones, Howard Snell, James Watson, Peter Reeve, John Iveson, Roger Brenner, Raymond Premru, John Fletcher),
Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls Recorder Ensemble,
Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree, Boys' Choir
ChoirsLondon Choral Society
ConductorsLeon Lovett,
Alan Taylor
Set List'O Come, All Ye Faithful', J F Wade, arr. Willcocks,
'Masters in This Hall', arr. Willcocks,
'Alleluia', Randall Thompson,
'O Little Town of Bethlehem', arr. Vaughan Williams,
'Ave Maria', Rachmaninoff,
'Midnight Carol', Kenneth Platts (Haberdashers' Aske's School,Elstree,Boys' Choir),
'Resonemus Laudibus', Anon. (Haberdashers' Aske's School,Elstree,Boys' Choir),
'Cowboy Carol', Cecil Broadhurst, arr. Sargent, Leon Lovett,
'Good King Wenceslas', arr. Reginald Jacques,
'Allegro' (Harp Concerto), Handel (Osian Ellis),
'The Glory of the Lord', arr. Osian Ellis (Osian Ellis),
'The Holly Tree', arr. Osian Ellis (Osian Ellis),
'Sonata Pian e Forte' (Sacrae symphonie), Gabrieli (English Brass Ensemble),
'Sans Day Carol', arr. Andrew Carter,
'Welcome the Christ Child', Bennett (Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree, Boys' Choir),
'Donkey Carol, Rutter', (Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree, Boys' Choir),
'Personent Hodie', (Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree, Boys' Choir),
'The Little Drummer Boy', Simeone, Onerati and Davis, arr .Leon Lovett,
'The First Nowell', arr. Willcocks
INTERVAL
'Once in Royal David's City', H J Gauntlett,
'Christmas Dance of the Shepherds', Kodaly (Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree, Boys' Choir),
'New Year Carol, Britten' (Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree, Boys' Choir),
'Mary and Joseph, Ager' (Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree, Boys' Choir),
'O Magnum Mysterium', Gabrieli,
'Concert Piece for Harp', Marcel Tournier (Osian Ellis),
'Two Welsh Nursery Songs', arr. Osian Ellis (Osian Ellis),
'God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen', arr. Willcocks,
'Music for Christmas', Paul Hughes (English Brass Ensemble),
'Lullay, My Liking' (English Brass Ensemble),
'Christmas is Coming' (English Brass Ensemble),
'Unto Us is Born a Son', arr. Willcocks,
'Mary had a Baby', arr. Sargent,
'Sussex Carol', arr. Willcocks,
'Coventry Carol',
'As With Gladness Men of Old, Kocher', arr. Willcocks,
'Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht, Franz Gruber', arr. Leon Lovett,
'We Wish You a Merry Christmas', arr. Arthur Warrell,
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1977/219)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1977/219London Choral Society - The 1977 Festival of Carols10 December 1977
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Opobyhiof_XownLondon Choral Society - The 1977 Festival of Carols1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/7359Ellis; Osian Gwynn (1928-2021); Welsh harpist, composer, teacher
DS/UK/11270Harverson; Alan (1922-2006); English organist, pianist and teacher
DS/UK/11774Fry; Tristan (fl 1960s-); English drummer, percussionist
DS/UK/10275The English Brass Ensemble; 1974-; English brass group
DS/UK/16520Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls; 1875-; English public girls' school
DS/UK/15628Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School; 1690-; British indipendent boys school
DS/UK/3553The London Chorus (London Choral Society); 1903-; English choir
DS/UK/9148Lovett; Leon (fl 1980s-); English conductor
DS/UK/10791Taylor; Alan (fl 1980s-); English choral conductor
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